Alibaba handles 544,000 orders per second and the web is still ‘smooth’: technology proving status!

Language translation service for Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform like AliExpress has been used 1.66 billion times during the 11/11 shopping festival with more than 200 billion words translated into different languages.

In the first 68 seconds of the single day of Chinese leading e-commerce group Alibaba, consumers spent $ 1 billion to buy almost everything in the world online, from electronics, home appliances to luxury items and even cars.

Up to 24 hours on the same day, the Chinese spent a total of 268.4 billion yuan ($ 38.4 billion), setting a new record for Alibaba’s Lonely Day event. The result has increased by nearly 26% compared to 213.5 billion yuan (about 30.8 billion US dollars) last year, showing the country’s strong consumption despite being affected by the U.S. trade war – The prolonged China has slowed down the Chinese economy.

In a November 20 statement, Alibaba Cloud said all this happened without the website downtime (users were unable to access the site when it was overloaded) thanks to the facility. Cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Alibaba Cloud is the “backbone” of Alibaba’s data management.

Alibaba Cloud is an important “backbone” of Alibaba’s data management

This cloud service provider has applied many breakthroughs to support cloud infrastructure and other important AI features, allowing millions of businesses to reach hundreds of millions of consumers around the world. world.

Here is some noteworthy information in Alibaba Cloud’s statement:

– Alibaba’s third-generation X-Dragon cloud architecture uses servers that are seamlessly integrated with computing platforms, helping them process large volumes of transactions without the downtime of website.

– At its peak, Alibaba’s Apsara operating system processed a record number of orders: Up to 544,000 orders per second!

– Despite setting a new sales record, the energy consumption at Alibaba’s data center has decreased by 70% compared to the previous year, saving more than 200,000 kWh of energy in Single Day thanks to the use of cooling technology. Developed by Alibaba Cloud.

– Language translation service for Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform like AliExpress has been used 1.66 billion times during the 11/11 shopping festival with over 200 billion words translated into different languages. .

– According to Alibaba Cloud, more than 1 million orders have been placed and processed via voice commands using Tmall Genie smart speakers, a sign that voice shopping is becoming an increasingly popular trend among people. Chinese consumption.

– Alibaba held its first Single Day shopping event in 2009 as an advertising campaign but now it has become an opportunity to show the huge power of Chinese consumers. Last year, shoppers spent 4,000 times more than Alibaba’s First Single Day.

– Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics branch with a capacity of 500 million tons of goods, has been very active to always be ready to send goods to buyers on Lonely Day. Every year, Alibaba’s services, technologies and cloud systems are operating at full capacity every year.

– Singles’ Day has now become a day combining consumption and entertainment. Every year, Alibaba hosts a grand music event just before this day, inviting international stars to perform and broadcast it directly to millions of audiences across China.

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Source : Techtalk